- Assistant Professor, The Texas A&M University System
Dr. Roya Pashmforoosh is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the College of Education & Human Development at Texas A&M University, beginning in September 2024. From August 2022 to August 2024, she served as an Accountability, Climate, Equity, and Scholarship (ACES) Faculty Fellow. She obtained a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology (2021) with an emphasis on Bilingual/English as a Second Language (ESL) Education from Texas A&M University, and previously, she received a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics with an emphasis on Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) from Tehran University of Teacher Education (2018). She also holds a master's degree in Applied Linguistics with an emphasis on TESL from Sharif University of Technology (2011). In 2016, she was invited to be a Visiting Research Scholar in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture in the College of Education and Human Development. Her scholarship is centered on researching Virtual Professional Development (VPD), Virtual Professional Learning Communities (VPLC), and Virtual Mentoring and Coaching (VMC) for teachers and school leaders who serve large numbers of emergent bilingual students (EBs), English learners (ELs), and economically challenged students (ECs) in high needs schools.
- Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 2021
Academic Articles17
- Pashmforoosh, R., Irby, B., Lara-Alecio, R., & Tong, F. (2023). Building school leaders' instructional leadership capacity through virtual professional leadership learning communities. Frontiers in Education. 8, 1168734.
- Eslami, Z. R., Larina, T., & Pashmforoosh, R. (2023). Identity, politeness and discursive practices in a changing world. 27(1), 7-38.
- Irby, B. J., Pashmforoosh, R., Lara-Alecio, R., Tong, F., Etchells, M. J., & Rodriguez, L. (2023). Virtual mentoring and coaching through virtual professional leadership learning communities for school leaders: a mixed-methods study. Mentoring & Tutoring. 31(1), 6-38.
- Irby, B. J., Pashmforoosh, R., Tong, F., Lara-Alecio, R., Etchells, M. J., Rodriguez, L., Prickett, C., & Zhao, Y. (2022). Virtual mentoring and coaching for school leaders participating in virtual professional learning communities. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education. 11(3), 274-292.
- Irby, B. J., Pashmforoosh, R., Druery, D. M., Eljaouhari, N., Tong, F., & Lara-Alecio, R. (2022). An Analysis of Virtual Professional Development for School Leaders During COVID-19. International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments. 12(1), 1-19.
Chapters1
- Pashmforoosh, R. English Accents in the Context of English as an International Language (EIL): Persian-Speaking English Language Teachers Perceptions. Handbook of Teaching and Learning Persian as a Second Language. 1-19. Springer Nature.
Conference Papers7
- Pashmforoosh, R. (2022). The Impact of Training Design in Mediating the Relationship of Participants' Motivation and Work Environment (Poster 20). AERA 2022.
- Pashmforoosh, R. (2022). The Impact of Training Design in Mediating the Relationship of Participants' Motivation and Work Environment (Poster 20). Proceedings of the 2022 AERA Annual Meeting.
- Pashmforoosh, R. (2022). Virtual Professional Leadership Learning Communities for Building School Leaders' Instructional Capacity. Proceedings of the 2022 AERA Annual Meeting.
- Pashmforoosh, R. (2021). Developing School Leaders' Instructional Leadership Through Reflection. Proceedings of the 2021 AERA Annual Meeting.
- Alemi, M., & Pashmforoosh, R. (2013). EFL Teachers Self-efficacy Beliefs in Teaching Literature. The International Journal of Literacies. 19(2), 25-36.
- BESL619 Second Lang Acqusition Instructor
- BESL623 Esl Internat Cult Set Instructor
- INST362 Esl Methods I Instructor
- INST363 Esl Methods Ii Instructor
